Wacky Japanese Stuff » Takara Toys http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de (And other parts of Asia.) Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:26:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cat Chat Translator http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2007/09/13/cat-chat-translator/ http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2007/09/13/cat-chat-translator/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:43:02 +0000 Nils http://wackyjapanese.pandemonium.de/2007/09/13/cat-chat-translator/ Continue reading →]]> This is a very old product, but no less wacky: The Japanese company Takara Toys, now Takara Tomy, invented a device that translates a cat’s noises. The “Meowlingual” device is held next to the cat, and an interpretation will be displayed on its screen.

Cat Chat Translator

As far as I know nobody has yet tried to use the Meowlingual to ask a cat what it thinks of the Hello Kitty Cat Humiliation Kit.

This little gadget actually was introduced way back in 2003, and not a current invention as Weird Asia News suggests.

(Via BBC / Weird Asia News.)

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